TEMPORARY REDUCTION OF TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR PROMOTION FOR CERTAIN ACTIVEDUTY LIST OFFICERS IN GRADES OF FIRST LIEUTENANT AND LIEUTENANT (JUNIOR GRADE).

SEC. 504. TEMPORARY REDUCTION OF TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR PROMOTION FOR CERTAIN ACTIVEDUTY LIST OFFICERS IN GRADES OF FIRST LIEUTENANT AND LIEUTENANT (JUNIOR GRADE). (a) Authority.—Subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 619 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, except that the minimum period of service in effect under this subparagraph before October 1, 2005, shall be eighteen months”. (b) Stylistic Amendments.—Such section is further amended as follows: (1) Subsection (a) is amended by striking “(a)(1)” and inserting “(a) Time-in-Grade Requirements.—(1)”. (2) Subsection (b) is amended by striking “(b)(1)” and inserting “(b) Continued Eligibility for Consideration for Promotion of Officers Who Have Previously Failed of Selection.—(1)”. (3) Subsection (c) is amended by striking “(c)(1)” and inserting “(c) Officers To Be Considered by Promotion Boards.—(1)”. (4) Subsection (d) is amended by inserting “Certain Officers Not To Be Considered.—” after “(d)”. (c) Technical Amendment.—Subsection (a)(4) of such section is amended by striking “clause (A)” and inserting “subparagraph (A)”.